Falcon 1.4M100 Camera Manual
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2.2.1
LED Status Indicator
The camera is equipped with an LED to display the operational status of the camera. The
table below summarizes the operating states of the camera and the corresponding LED
states.
When more than one condition is active, the LED indicates the condition with the highest
priority. Error and warning states are accompanied by corresponding messages further
describing the current camera status.
Color of Status LED
Meaning
Off
Hardware malfunction or no power
Flashing Red (1 Hz)
Fatal error. Non-recoverable error (such as overheating).
Flashing Red (4 Hz)
Loading backup firmware
Solid Red
Warning. Loss of functionality. Operating condition out of
specified range.
Flashing Blue (1 Hz)
Ready to download/Downloading files. Used for
firmware update, LUT and FFC coefficients download.
Flashing Blue (4 Hz)
Writing to flash memory, do not power off. Used during
firmware update and write user settings.
Flashing Green (1 Hz)
Camera initialization or executing a long command. LED
shall flash green at least once each time a serial command
is received.
Solid Green
Camera is operational and functioning correctly. Typically
outputting images in free-running mode (internal sync,
mode 2).
2.2.2
Camera Link Data Connector
SDR26 Female
1
14
13
26
Mini-Camera Link SDR26 Connector
The Camera Link interface is implemented as a Base Configuration in the Falcon cameras.
You select the camera configuration with the
clm
command described in section 4.7
Setting Exposure Mode, Frame Rate and Exposure Time
on page 33
.
The following tables provide this camera’s principal Camera Link information. See
Appendix A for the complete DALSA Camera Link configuration table, and refer to the
DALSA Web site, www.dalsa.com, for the official Camera Link documents.
Camera Link Hardware Configuration Summary
Configuration 8 Bit Ports
Supported
Serializer
Bit Width
Number
of Chips
Number of
SDR26
Connectors
Base
A, B, C
28
1
1
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